Exclusive-Trump Health Layoffs Include Staff Overseeing Bird Flu Response, Source Says By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) -The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the ...

FDA staff working on bird flu oversight were among those terminated in the Trump administration’s HHS layoffs, Reuters reports. Cuts reportedly impacted leadership and communications at the FDA ...

USDA to lose bird flu response employees, source says. By Leah Douglas. April 9, 2025 6:57 PM UTC Updated April 9, 2025. An injured Red-breasted Merganser sits on the shore of 31st ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

The US Department of Agriculture has confirmed that "several" employees, who were part of the federal government's response ...

Employees supporting the bird flu response and “other animal health priorities,” including veterinarians and animal health technicians, are exempt from the recent layoffs, ...

April 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's bird flu response as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health ...

An ongoing bird flu outbreak has killed nearly 170 million chickens, turkeys and other birds since 2022 and infected nearly 1,000 U.S. dairy herds since early 2024.